Beat* She said her mother was abusive and she doesn’t raise her kids at all the way they were raised. She said her mom would beat her or her sisters if they ever got in trouble or talked back. She said her father was patient and loving and never hit them and she gets her temperament from him . He also was the only one in her family and neighborhood to not discourage or mock her for her dreams of being a star . She has said many times everyone else thought she was crazy for thinking a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx could become a big Hollywood movie star . She does credit her mother though because she says that extreme fear and her mothers helicopter parenting kept her out of the troubles in the South Bronx like drugs, teen pregnancy, gangs, . |
I hope she doesn’t pull a Madonna and make Ben direct a movie for her. That was the beginning of the end of Guy Ritchie and Madonnas marriage. Madonna even said that was when things changed. I don’t think Ben would Direct a movie with J Lo as the star and he reads the room enough to see the trouble in this but you never know. I would like to see J Lo direct a biopic about her life. I find it fascinating. Where she grew up in the South Bronx, going to a good Catholic school but still hanging in the block on the weekend with her friends , and how she was able to make it in Manhattan as a dancer and then move to LA and find work as an actress is fascinating. I know she must have dealt with her fair share of Catty auditions with women she has to see at every audition and her fair share of experiences with creeps. If she brings the real story , she will gain way more fans . I want to see a Madonna biopic as well |
In a surprise to no one, seems she is heading towards her 3rd? 4th? divorce
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13424363/Jennifer-Lopez-solo-amid-Ben-Affleck-divorce-rumors.html |
I don’t get how any more attention seeking she is versus most other performers. It is what they do for a living. Seriously, not getting it.
I personally think BA has hurt her image and coolness factor. |
I think she miscalculated the public’s interest in her relationship with BA with The Greatest Love Story Ever Told which was absolute cringe, as well as the public’s interest in her overall with The Is Me… Now. She doesn’t have the fan base of Beyoncé or TS. Both of these shows + her new concert tour, have created an overexposure/trying to hard scenario. It’s such a fine line, as an artist, you do need to get out there and promote new music, but it should have been more strategic and spaced out/layered (my two cents as a PR person). |
These are last few years to get as much money and fame and projects she can get. Who can blame her, its usually downhill for most women after 50. |
Agree. The love story angle was a flop |
Loved this take on "This is Me Now"
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3s92Sbul00/ |
Maybe she wanted to intertwine her marriage and her work a little too much. One foundational difference between JL and BA is the deep need she seems to be "on" all the time. Neither person is wrong, but it makes for a lot of friction in a couple. Let's not put all the blame on JL. Ben also sought her out, courted her a second time, married her all the while knowing how she is wired. Plus, he had a quiet regularly working wife (Jennifer Garner) and seemed super bored with her the whole time. Ben is not an innocent victim of the JLo love machine. |
Wow, I knew nothing about her (autobiographical) movie/musical. That looks downright wacky! Did it get a lot of press? How did I miss it?! |
Totally agree with all of this. They both were so stupid and immature for rushing into marriage before working out this dynamic in a way that might work for both of them. If that's even possible. He likes her body and her work ethic, but doesn't actually like the way she lives her life. She can't relinquish the spotlight one iota, even for "true" love. Recipe for disaster when there is that degree of incompatibility. Shame he couldn't appreciate a normal, gorgeous woman like Jen G. |
Certainly don't think BA is innocent, but she drove the production of The Greatest Love Story documentary, which he didn't want, and in fact, no one wanted. |
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I don't think JLo takes all the blame, but she was the one still married when they started dating in 2001/2002 (wasn't public until her divorce was finalized, but they were certainly a thing).
Fine that didn't work out. What the hell would make them think that they could work it out a second time after adding five kids, two failed marriages (many failed relationships, including an engagement), two careers, two decades of becoming more solid in who they are (which we all do with age). It's an insane equation and I don't think any two people can make it work with all of that going on. He has obviously been very unhappy at every public event. It's not his thing. In his free time he wants to watch baseball, bet on horses and drink like an old bachelor/part time dad. They don't have the same life values or goals. She needs to stop forcing pieces into her puzzle. She can be complete and whole without marriage. |
When you have that many failed engagements and marriages, the problem is you. Therapy and reflection, stat. |